And no, it doesn't even matter who is in your party at the time. Gold Saucer ----------- When you first enter the Gold Saucer, you will have the option of talking to members of your party and asking them to accompany you: Talking to Aeris: Go together ( 3 Aeris) Don't go together (-2 Aeris) Talking to Tifa: Go together ( 3 Tifa) Don't go together (-2 Tifa) Talking to Yuffie: Go together ( 3 Yuffie) Don't go together (-2 Yuffie) Talking to Red XIII: Go together -- Don't go together -- Only the first of the above Affection changes may be made: if you decline Aeris first, you'll get -2 Aeris, but you will be unable to get a 3 Tifa as well, for example.

You can decline Red XIII for no effect and still get an Affection change by talking to one of the others.

There were a few guides to get some of the harder characters - notably Yuffie and Barret - but some of them included unnecessary tasks, or simply failed in execution.

So in early 1999, after a discussion on Usenet, I ran some memory editing software and started researching it on the PC version.

If Barret was in your party when this occurs, then you will be able to find him in the room behind Tiger Lily's weapon shop, where he'll offer to talk more about AVALANCHE. " ( 3 Barret) "Yeah, whatever..." -- Choosing the non-scoring options halts the dialogue, but you can talk to Barret again to resume it at that point.

Also, if you leave the room after picking "Yeah, whatever...", you can return immediately to start the conversation from scratch.

This document is entirely my work, and was written and is owned by me, Terence Fergusson.